Grain shocker



E.S.FORNEY.

GRAIN SHOCKER.

FILED SEPT. 18, 1920.

Jan. 2,1923.

4 SHEETS-SHEET I.

IN VEN TOR. Z. S, Ex /v0,

' ATTORNEY.

E. S. FORNEY.

GRAIN SHOCKER.

FILED SEPT. 18, 1920.

Jan. 2, 1923.

4 SHEETSSHEET 2 we 26% iv,

INVENTOR.

, ITTORNE Y.

E. S. FORNEY.

GRAiN SHOCKER.

FILED SEPT. 18, 1920.

"Jan. 2, 192.

4 SHEETS-SHEET 3;

NVENITOR.

f. 8. Fqqwn v ATTORNEY.

E. S. FORNEY.

Jan. 2, 1923.

GRAIN SHOCKER.

FILED SEPT. 18, 1 920.

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\ ATTORNEY;

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Patented J an. 2, 1923.

UNITED STATES PATENT, FFICEQ ERNEST s. ronivnY, or rULLnn'ron, vnnnasna.

GRAIN SHOCKEB.

1 Application fi1ed,September 18, 1920. Serial No. 41l,165.

To all whom 2'15 may concern:

Be it known that I, ERNEST, 8. Former, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fullerton, inthe county of Nance and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements ina Grain Shocker, of which the following is a specification This-invention relates to grain shockers,

. and has for one of its objects to simplify and improve the. construction and. increase the efficiency and utility of devices of this character. L

Another object of the invention is toiprovide a device of this characteradapted to be connected to a harvester and binder and movable therewith, to receive the. bound bundlesfrom the'harvester and gather thein into a receptacle and dispose them therein in position to form a shock and dischargethe same upon the ground at predetermined lhis invention relatesto grain shockers, of the class assoclated with harvester and binder, andhas for one of its objects to provide a device of this character wherein the bound bundlesof gralnas' they are received from the binder mechanism, ereiirst turned with their head ends .(llTGCtQCl downwardly, then elevated in. that posltion and reversed with the butt ends directed downwardly, and thence alternately fed toa receiver wherein the bundles are divided and caused to lean toward each other, and discharged in that position to form a shock with the base portion extended laterally to secure therequisite stability.

Figure 5.

With. these and other objects in View, the invention consists ll] certain novel. 'l'eat'ures of construction as herenia fter shown anddescribed and then specifically pointed out in the claims, and in the drawings illustrative of the preferred embodilnentof the inven tion.

F1 gure 1 1s a longitudinal sectional elevation. .1

Fi 2 is a lan view with arts broken away a: P P

I At their forward ends parts shown section on the line 6 of Fig. is an enlarged" detailof the drive niechanisnibetween the bundle elevator operatin mechanism and the discharge mecha-. nism. V l y The improved device includes a support ing frame having spaced side rails 10 provided with hangers or brackets 'll'at the rear to support stubaxles 12, the latter'having carrier wheels 13. p n the supporting irame is adapted to be smtablypoupled to the frame work of aharvesterand binder, not shown as it forms no partof the present invention. I

The forward portions of the members 10 are connected by a floor, or platform, repre sented as'a whole at 14:, the floor having a relatively wide recess or opening 15 at the front end and a relatively narrow opening 16 leading rearwardly therefrom.

Suspended from the portions of the floor at the'sides of the opening 15 is a U-shaped.

preliminary receiver 17 for v thebound bundles as they come from thebinder, as

hereafter explained.

Rising from the floor 14.- rearwa-rdly of the openingv 1 5 andat the'sides of the opening 16 are standards 18supporti ng a shaft 19 at their upper ends, and; supported by a hanger frame 20 from the side walls of the-receiver 17, is a shortisha-ft 21 carrying leys 22. y

Supported by hangers 23 beneath the floor .l l is another short shaft 2% carrying guide pulleys and mounted for rotation with the shaft ii) are chain wheels 26.- The pulleys and 25 and chain. wheels 26 are in ,alinemeiit and carry endless chains 37 operating over gnide pulthe wheels and pulleys in crmstant iarallel relation.

The hanger members 20 are coupled to the receiver 17 by bolts 28 engaging through graduated bolt holes 29, sothat the hangers .may be adjusted, to control the tension of the chains. i v

Attached across the chains 27 at suitable intervals are head members 30each carrying a plurality of fork tines 31, which engage the bound bundles of grain as they are fedto the receiver 17 and elevated therefrom, as hereafter explainedi hlounted'on the floor 14. atv one side of the V receiver- 1'7, is a chutefor the bound bundles so located relatively to the binder that the ,ho'mnl bundles will be fed theretolongitudh nally of the frame meinberslO. Tihe'chute comprises an inclined bottom member v32 having converging vertical sides or guides 33 and Stivhereby a contracted discharge is produced into the receiver 17.

At its lower end the guide- 8% is diverted rearwa-rdly as shown at 35 and substantially parallel to the guide member 325, so. that the discharge end of the chute is directed rearwardly to turn the bundles towardthe forks 31 of the chain. I

The guard member 33 is shorter than the member Sl, and is deflected as shown at 36 over the bottom of the chute and toward the discharge end, as shown more clearly in F The bound bundles of grain. from the binder are deposited upon the wider upper end of the bottom 32 with the butt ends foru-ardly, or next to the stop member 36, and

sides, and in position to receive the bundles from the forks 31 as they are carried overv the shaft 19.

Supported upon the 'fioor- 14 slightly in advance of the lower or discharge end of the. chute 38 is a 'socket 39 to rotatably supporta vertical shaft or stud 40, the latter having a set collar 41 to enable the stud to be adjusted vertically in the socket without interfering with its free rotary movement.

Mounted upon the upper end of the stud -10 is a horizontal-pl ate preferably with tines or teeth 4-3 extending from its rear edge and with vertical uards 4st at the ends.

Supported by standai a 15 from thefioor ll is a shaft 46 having cranks 4157 and 18 at the ends extending in opposite directions, and a third crank 19 preferably extendingin the same direction as the crank 47. The crank 49 is connected to the plate byv a rod 50, so that whentheshaft 46 is rotated, the plate 42 will be vibrated with thestud l0.

Mounted upon the floor 14 at each side ofthc chains 27 are guide ribs 51 and slid-. able between each setof the guide ribs is a plate 52 having standards 53 rising therefrom. Connected to-each of the cranks 47 and 48 is a rod 54 the free ends of the rods being connected inturn respectively to the standards 53, sothat when the shaft 416 is rotated, the standards 53 and the plates 52 will be vibrated and by the .(OdiillOll of the plates and guides 31 the standards will move in constant parallel relation to the floor 14,

At their upper ends the standards 53 are forked and supported between each forked portion is a bar having a fork device 56' at the free end.

The forked portions of the standards 53 are each provided with a plurality of spaced apertures, so that pins by which the members are coupled to the standards may be adjusted vertically to elevate or depress the forked device 56.

llingedly united at 57 to the rear edge of the floor 14 is a combined receiving and dumping apparatus comprising a? base or floor portion divided into a relatively. wide central portion 58, narrower sid'e portions 59 and connecting forwardportion 60, the hinges 5'? beingattached. to the latter and to the rear edgev of. the floor 141, as shown.

Mounted upon the wider centralfloor portion 58 is an A-shaped shell 61, the forward end of the shell being relatively close to the plate Rising from the i'iarrow floor sections 59 are guide plates "2 with the rear portions inclined inwardly or toward the shell 61, and the forward portions gradually assuming a vertical position. By this arrangement two passages are produced between the side walls of the shell 61 andthe guide members 62 with relatively wide intake ends and merging into inwardly inclined discharge ends as shown. The portions 59 form relatively narrow supporting. shelves at the lower' edges of the guide members 62, to support the butt ends of the bundles. while passing through the gathering portion of the apparatus as hereafter explained.

Supported upon the inner face of one wall of the shell 61 are vertical stubshafts 63 carrying chain wheels (34; around which an endless chain operates The chain carries outwardly directed carrierlingers. it wliaich project through a slot ("37 in the adjacent wall of the shell when the chain is moved in one (.lire'ctioni 7 Supported from the other wall of the shell (51 are stub shafts 68 carrying chain wheels 69 around which an. endless chain 70 operates, the latter chain carrying outwardly directed carrier fingers 71 operating through a longitudinal slot 72 in the adjacent wall: of'the cage. The forward stub shaft (38 is. extended downwardly andv terminates in a bevel gear 78, while the shaft which carries the gear is likewise provided with a gear pinion 74 at its upper end meshing with a like gear 75 ontheadjacent shaft 63; I

By this means when motion isimparted to the bevel gear 73 the chains {55 and 70 will, be operated in opposite direction and "ause LllG lingers 6 and T1 to travel in the 89, and mounted on the shaft 85 is a chain wheel 90, the wheels 89 and 90 being'in versame direction or from fronttov rearq-"of their respective passages between" the inchned walls of theshell and the guard members 62.

p The shaft 2 11s extended at one end and carries a bevel gear .7 6 which engages a like bevel gear77 'ona stub shaft' 78 supported, by a hanger 7 9below the floor 14. The stub I shaft 78-'carriesa universal coupling80 to coupled and carries a bevel gear 82'- at the which an obliquely directed shaft. 81 is rear end engaging with the. bevel gear 73. By this means the motion'of the shaft 2-1-1 is transmitted to the chains-65 and 7 0. The shaftf81 is formed with a slip sleeve 83, to

permit the requisite automatic adjustment when the floormernbers 58, 59 and 60 are depressed into theposition shown by. dotted lines in Fig. 1,when the gathered shockjis discharged as hereafter explained.

Rising from the frame members 10 are standards 84 carrying a main drive shaft 85 at their upper ends and with a chain pulley 86, over which an endless chain 87 leads. H Thevhub of one of the wheels 13 is pro 3 vide'dwith a chain wheel 88 over which the chain 87 leads; By this means the motion of the wheel 13 which carries thechain wheel 88 is impartedto the drive shaft 85.

Mounted on the shaft19 is a chain wheel tical alinement to receive an'endless chain 91, whereby the motion 'of the'shaft85 is transmitted to the shaft'19- and thence to the elevator chains 27. p I

The crank shaft 46 is extended 94 whereby the motion of the shaft 19 is transmitted tothe crank shaft.

Rising from the framemembersm10 are standards 95, and attached to the standards at their upper ends is a transverse head member 96.

Slidably disposed upon the standards 95 i are guide bars 97, and connected to the guide bars is a suspension rod 99, the latter coupled at at its lower end to the shell 61.

Pivoted at 101 at their lower ends to the guard members 62, are suspension bars .102, the bars being-pivoted at their upperends at 103 between the guide bars 97.

The bars 102 are flexible laterally on the pivots 103 to permit the necessary play when tlie shell 61 and guards 62 are disposed in discharging position, as shown'by dotted lines in Fig. 1. 1

Keepers 104 are arranged to slidably couple the bars 102 to the guard members 62. to-

hold the latter in' position during the discharging action. H I

Any suitable means may bejelnployed tor actuating the bars 97 to elevate and depress at one end and carries achain gear 92, while the shaft 19 carries a chain wheel 93in aline ment therewith to receive an endless chain the shell 61 and guards 62, but for the purpose of illustration a system of pullcabies f105operating over guide pulleys 106 mount ed on the head member 96 are shown for accomplishing this result. a

With an-apparatus constructed as shown ttIlChClGSCIlbBd, the operation is as follows.

r The apparatus being coupled to move with i the harvester and binder, as the bundles leave the binder they are received on the chute 32 and turned one-fourth around endwise as they pass overthe same and are fed to the receptacle 17 Wltll the, butt ends up and are caught by the forks 31. and carried up and over the shaft 19 and delivered.

to the-chute 88 butt ends down and pass thence to theplate 12; The bound bundl'es 'beingengaged lengthwise of the straw and cross-wise of tlie binder twine by the teeth 31 of the elevator no danger exists of the teethslipping' and rolling the bundles under the action of the elevator teeth, but

the grip is positive and sure and no lost mo tion is possible. In the meantime the crank 49 has vibrated the plate to cause it to alternatelyassume the position shown in Fig;

When disposedinthe position shown in Fig. 2 the plate 42 will deflect-the bundle received thereon into the passage between the shell 61 and guard 62 at one side and when the'plate 4:2 is reversedinposition the burr-'- dle will be deflected into other passage.

The fork devices 56 operateas push rakes to force the bundles from the plate 42 alternately into the receptacles formed .by the shell and guards, thepush rakes or forks operating alternately, as shown.

As the bundles are alternately fed to the two parts of the receptacle, the constantly moving fingers 66 and 71 carry them toward the discharge end and when a suflicient numher have been, received to form a shock, for instance 5 on each side of the shell, the cable 105 .willbe manually released and the floor 59 and 60 withits attachments caused to swing by gravity on. its hinges '57 into the position shown by dotted lines in Fig.1 and thus discharge. the accumulated bundles with their head. ends-leaning against'each other with the butt ends dragging overft he stubble and thus insuring the requisite stability to cause the shock to retain its position.

After the shock has been discharged which takes but an instant, and will be timed to) occur between the delivery of the bundles to theiplatc 12,the.cables 105 are manually operated to restore the receptacle to receiving position ready for the next operation.

receive means, and means for. mteri'nittently swing I claim: 1 1. In an apparatus of the class'described,

a receiver for tillebOl'll'iCl bundles mcans for disposing the bundles head ends down in the rceiver, means for elevating. the bundles Tom the receiver and reversing them in position, a divided rec ptacle torthe bundies, a horizontally sn platform betn'eenthe receptacle and the ating means to receive the bundles therefrom, and means for intermittently swinging said platform to feed the bundles alternately into the divisions of the receptacle. y i 4 o 2. In an apparatus cl?- the class described, a receiver for the bound; bundles, meanslor elemting the bundles from the receiver, a divided recept cle for the bundles, a horizontally swingi, p atforminv ipesitionpto the bunnies {10111 the elevating ing said platform to ieedthebundles alternately into the divisions of thereceptacle.

In'an apparatus oi the class described, a receiver for bound bundles, means for elevating the bundles from the receiver, a receptacle comprising an A shapedcentral portion and inivardl5 inclined side portiens spaced from the central portion whereby the receptacle is divided into re incline-d portions, means between the IQCGpZflCli-B and the elevating means for alternately conduct ing the bundles to the divisionsor the receptacle, and endless chains movable Within said A shaped portion and havingteeth extend ing into the-paths of the bundles.

In an apparatus. of the class described, a receiver for the'bound bundles,meansfor elevating the bundles, areceptacle comprising an A- shaped central portion and into the receptacle divls a receiver torthe bound bundles, means for elevating the bundles from the receiver,-a divided receptacle for the bundles, a horn nontal swingingplatform in position-to re-' 7 ceive the bnndles from the ele'i ating means, means for inte mittently swinging said platform to alternately jteeditl'iebundles toward the divisions. of the receptacle, rakedevices reacting with the swingingplat'lorinto move the bundles alternately from the platform ions, and means for actuating the platform and the rake devices.

6. In an apparatus of the class described,

a receiver for the boiled bundles,meansftor elevat ng the bundles from the receiver, a

:lezl receptacle for thebundles, a hori i swinging platform inposition to receive the bundles from the elevating means, means for intermittently swinging said platform to alternately leedthe bundles toward the divisions of the receptacle, stationary guide devices in parallel relation, raize devices supported f a movement relative to saidguide devices, and. meanst'or alternately moving said rake devices to move the bundles from the platform to thereceptacle. I v

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature hereto, rnnnnsr snonvnv. 

